Sediment-catching pocket for receptacles.



PATENTED FEB. 19, 1907.

W. M. GILBERT. SEDIMENT GATOHING POCKET FOR RBGEPTAOLES.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 9, 1906.

WITNESSES lW By ATTORNEYS r: NORRIS PETERS co, WASHINGTON, n. c.

WILLIAM MILTON GILBERT, OF CONSHOHOCKEN, PENNSYLVANIA,

ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS TO SAID GILBERT,

AND ON E-THIRD TO THEODORE SOHREIBER, OF JEFFERSON VILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

SEDIIVIENT-CATCHING POCKET FOR RECEPTACLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 19,1907.

Application filed November 9, 1906. Serial No. 342.661.

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM MILTON GIL- BERT, a citizen of the United States, and a I resident of Conshohocken, in the county of Montgomery and State of Iennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved. Sediment- Oatching Pocket for Receptacles, of which I the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to certain improvements in dispensing-receptacles, and more particularly to means adapted to be inserted within or formed integral therewith whereby any sediment which settles to the bottom of the liquid may be caught and prevented from ioeing dispensed with the main body of the i uid.

The invention consists in thedetails of constructionhereinafter pointed out, and defined in the claim.

Reference is to be had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this sp ecification, in WhlCll similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures, in which Figure 1 is a central longitudinal section through a receptacle provided with my improved sediment-catching pocket, and Fig. 2 is a sectionon the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

In the drawings I have illustrated my'improved pocketas being applied to an opentopped dispensing-receptacle 1, having a spout 2 and a handle 3 on the side opposite to said spout. It is evident that my improved pocket may be used in connection with various other forms of receptaclesas, for instance, pails, kettles, tea and coffee pots, and the likeanol it is further evident that the pocket may be made integral with or attached to the receptacle, said parts being made of metal, glass, crockery, or any'other suitable material.

The pocket is preferably secured to or integral with the Wall of the receptacle adjacent the bottom thereof and located at the side from which it is customary to dispense from the receptacle. In case the receptacle is provided with a spout, as shown in the drawings, the pocket would normally be located directly below said spout. The specific shape of the pocket may vary in different receptacles to which it may be applied;

but the preferred form is that illustrated, in which the side wall 4 of the pocket is formed of a crescent-shaped piece of material set at an angle to the wall of the receptacle and connected thereto by a wall 5 at right angles to the latter. The lower edge'fi of the pocket is preferably curved, as illustrated, and the wall t adjacent the curved edge is provided, preferably, with a plurality of perforations 7, serving to permit the escape of some of the liquid which is caught in the pocket.

In using my improved device the sediment contained in the liquid normally settles to the bottom, and as the receptacle is tipped and the clear upper portionsof the liquid poured off the sediment on the bottom of the receptacle moves toward the side from which the liquid is being poured, and as the receptacle Is tipped to a still greater extent the sediment comes within the pocket, and upon completely inverting the receptacle all of the sediment is retained within the pocket. To remove the sediment, all that is necessary is to turn the receptacle right side up again and pour from some other portion of the edge from that directly above the ocket. The liquid which was retained in t 1e pocket may then be freely poured out without any interference on the part of the pocket and the sediment contained therein thus removed from the pocket and the receptacle.

Having thus described claim as new and desire to Patent- A receptacle having a dispensing-spout, a curved crescent-shaped wall extending inwardly from the wall of the receptacle directly below said spout, and a crescentshaped partition secured to the inner edge of said wall and extending downwardly there from and having its lower edge provided with a plurality of perforations and located adjacent the bottom of the receptacle, said partition and wall forming with the wall of the receptacle a sediment-collecting pocket.

my invention, I secure by Letters In testimony whereof I have signed myv name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM MILTON GILBERT. WVitnesses:

HENRY I. Fox, LAURA M. SLoAN. 

